The Light Within: Embodied Nervous System Healing for Spiritual Women
The Light Within is a podcast for high-functioning, spiritually curious women who are ready to stop abandoning themselves and step into embodied self-leadership.
Hosted by Leslie Draffin - trauma-informed somatic practitioner, psychedelic microdosing guide, and former television news anchor - this show explores what it actually takes to heal your nervous system, rebuild self-trust, and reclaim your embodied power.
Because many successful women look calm and capable on the outside… while their nervous system is quietly living in survival mode.
Inside these short, powerful episodes we explore:
• nervous system healing for women
• burnout and the hidden patterns of self-abandonment
• somatic practices for emotional regulation
• womb wisdom and feminine embodiment
• intuition, expansion, and sacred psychedelic medicine
You’ll also hear conversations with therapists, healers, coaches, and thought leaders exploring the messy, beautiful, and sometimes taboo ways women reclaim their embodied sovereign power.
This show isn’t about fixing yourself. It’s about remembering who the f*ck you are and learning how to trust your body again.
Welcome to The Light Within.
The Light Within: Embodied Nervous System Healing for Spiritual Women
104. Integrative Healing through Cannabis with Ashley Whelan
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In this episode, Licensed Psychotherapist, Somatic Cannabis Facilitator & Transformational Guide Ashley Whelan shares all about her intentional cannabis practice & how it's helped her connect with herself on a deep & personal level.
We discuss:
- how to use cannabis intentionally-
- Ashley's cannabis-infused somatic practice
- how this plant medicine can reconnect you with your inner wisdom, release physical tension & help you build a better relationship with yourself.
More about Ashley:
Ashley Whelan is a Licensed Psychotherapist, Somatic Cannabis Facilitator and Transformational Guide based in San Diego, California.
Having spent a decade in the field of counseling practicing trauma healing, somatic therapy and energy techniques, she established herself as an expert in facilitating the release of trauma and stress from the body to ascend higher levels of consciousness.
After years of studying somatic psychology and non-ordinary states of consciousness, Ashley discovered the potent effects of cannabis as a catalyst for integrative healing experiences. She developed the Cannabis Infused Somatic Practice™, a revolutionary approach that is the culmination of her work integrating plant medicine work with movement, breath, and sound. This transformative approach shifts the paradigm with cannabis use into an intentional healing experience that enables people to reconnect with their inner wisdom, release physical tension, and feel more trusting.
Ashley has become well known for her ability to integrate western psychology with mysticism. She is guided by a mission to help people cultivate deeper relationships with themselves so they can actualize their wildest dreams.
Connect with Ashley:
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Email: info@ashleykwhelan.com
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